2010 snowfall...

[Rico]

I haven't tried the calculator yet, but I would think a plane of say 350 people going from New York to L.A. would be more fuel efficient overall (and less polluting) than each of them driving.  Just a thought.

[Ktrek]

I don't think the calculator is designed to say that planes emit less C02 but it adds into your factors if you have taken a trip, just like mileage enters into your factors.

As a household my wife and I have a carbon footprint of 28 which is almost half of the US average. However, the data does not include how much emissions I make mowing lawns in my business. So, our footprint would be larger. But it also does not factor in private homeowners mowing their own lawns either and we all know most homeowners have to mow their lawns or get fines, unless you live in Phoenix of course.

Kevin

[Bryancd]

What's a lawn?

;)

[X]

Mine is low, but that calculator doesn't factor in trees and other offsets

[spaltor]

Yeah, it's definitely an estimate, and I think it's a few years old.  It does ask you how many "short flights" and "long flights", however you define those.  It also says that they use the state-average for home-type emissions.  I assume that would include averages of trees on your property, and lawn movers.  Any time you use averages to "calculate" anything, it gets a little iffy, but I think it's neat to have a rough estimate.

[Feathers]

Interesting discussion but the calcualator seems to be US only (I can't tell it what state I live in).

Getting sidetracked, how big are your lawns over there??? If they're big enough to affect this sort of calculation they must be on the huge side by our standards.

[Ktrek]

Getting sidetracked, how big are your lawns over there??? If they're big enough to affect this sort of calculation they must be on the huge side by our standards.

We do have much larger lawns than you do for sure. If you think about 150 million lawns of various sizes, and that may be a bit conservative, and all the commercial lawns added in too, that could add up to a lot of emissions.

Kevin

[Bromptonboy]

Snowing hard in Philadelphia.....again....

16 to 18" (46CM) predicted with very high winds of 60 MPH (~96KPH).  Oh joy!  Much of the last snowfall has yet to melt.

[Rico]

Must be the storm that only gave us a couple inches.  I feel for you guys.  So are you setting a new snow record this year?

[Bromptonboy]

Must be the storm that only gave us a couple inches.  I feel for you guys.  So are you setting a new snow record this year?

I believe we are well into the record books for cumulative fall - for this area.  When I was young boy winters used to be like this, but snow became rarer in my teen years - and now in my 40's we are getting real winter again it seems.

[Rico]

Being in Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes generally acts as a good buffer.  When winter storms hit that area they both get driven south and don't give us as much snow overall.  We've gotten a few hits this year in Michigan of 6-8 inches and lots of other smaller amounts, but nothing like you guys are getting.

[billybob476]

Same in Toronto, I live a 5-7 minute walk from the shore of Lake Ontario so it's not quite as heavy.

[Bromptonboy]

Doubleplusungood!!

[jedijeff]

I feel bad for all you folks getting all that snow. I live so far North, and we have not gotten any real amount of snow in 2010, and the past few weeks, we have been either just below or above the freezing mark. I suspect Old Man Winter is not quite done with us yet, but he certainly is giving us a break this year.

[moyer777]

we  have lots of rain!  It rained so hard it woke me up twice last night.  No kidding.